Image: Artwork image rights managed by holding institution; source link provided
View source →Face in Profile (plate, page 21) from Corps perdu
Pablo Picasso, 1949, published 1950
Technical Details
Medium
Engraving from an illustrated book
Dimensions
plate 40.9 × 30.8 cm
Style
Illustrated Book
Decade
1940s
About This Work
A profile head is reduced to decisive engraved contours, making a classical portrait format feel fragmentary, literary, and modern. Picasso's choice of engraving from an illustrated book shapes how the subject is encountered: the material, scale, and method are not incidental but part of the artwork's visual argument. The record is held by Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA, whose direct object page verifies the canonical title, date, medium, dimensions, and collection attribution. This catalog entry therefore distinguishes documented facts from interpretive reading and directs visitors to the institutional record for further research.
MoMA records the plate as a separate Corps perdu object and places the collaboration with Césaire within the intellectual world of Présence Africaine. The work belongs in a broader account of Picasso's sustained shifts among drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, and sculpture rather than in a simplified single-style narrative. Its museum object number and rights statement allow the gallery to provide reliable scholarship without presenting an unlicensed reproduction as if it were freely reusable. The site will retain the official collection link as the authoritative factual reference and use a rights-aware fallback for the image display.
Current Location
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Public Collection — Open to visitors
Visit museum website →Collection record status
manual_institutional_review.
Source-linked entry contains a provenance or acquisition statement; full ownership-chain claims remain limited to the cited institution.
Image access: Permission required.
Valuation & Provenance
2026 Estimated Value
Public collection / market value not asserted
* Estimates are based on comparable auction results and market analysis. Not a formal appraisal.
Last Known Sale
No public auction record — held in permanent museum collection
Keywords
Continue Exploring
Related Artworks
Chosen for shared style, era, medium, subject, or date.
Coupling (plate, page 17) from Corps perdu
1949, published 1950 · same style · same era
“Présence” (chapter title, page 13) from Corps perdu
1949, published 1950 · same style · same era
The Kitchen
1948 · same era · similar medium
The Bride As She Is, from "Diurnes: Decoupages and Photographs"
ca. 1962 · same era · similar medium
Joie de Vivre (Antipolis)
1946 · same era · similar medium
Dove of Peace
1949 · same era · shared subject
Shop Related Products
If you love this late period masterpiece, explore these curated books and resources on Amazon.
Picasso: A Biography by John Richardson
Comprehensive biography exploring Picasso's life and artistic evolution
Picasso Museum Exhibition Catalogs
Official exhibition catalogs from major Picasso retrospectives
Picasso: A Life Documentary
Comprehensive documentary chronicling Picasso's entire artistic journey
As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Each product link is unique to help us track which recommendations resonate most with our visitors.